His challenge? That sex still sells and people who join MyBlogLog are essentially only one step above MySpace users (my words, not his), and would rather see a photo of an attractive girl in a tight top, than win a Zune.

It’s an interesting challenge, and while I’m more interested in building community members than beating Jeremy, it will be fun to see who “wins” this social experiment.

So, in the meantime, I’ll ask you. Are you that easily swayed by a picture of a pretty girl? Or does old fashioned bribery work best? 😉

Andy,
Sex sells, unfortunately. I am a member of both communities and wish you the best. I have an interesting idea though, you could ask you readers to drop ShoeMoney’s community right before the “contest” ends.

The real currency on MyBlogLog is the person’s content (like your site). But unfortunately, too many people (including me) initially perceive the measure of relevance of someones’ BlogLog by it’s popularity (how many people are friends/contacts or members of the community). Basically, the number of contacts/members you have is only an approximation of relevance.

Just because someone has a lot of contacts or members of a community, doesn’t necessarily mean the site is that much better than someone else who has less contacts or members.

And to confess, I too have found myself clicking on a person’s icon first by their profile name (something marketing or seo in the name) and then by their picture (a good example is Go2Web2’s pic and profile).

Like most other things online, the system can be gamed. And Shoemoney knows a thing or two about gaming systems. 😉

Although both your sites are good reads, Shoemoney will get more nods/joins with the pic of the nice young lady on his profile.